Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai (71) has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. What to read The Melancholy of Resistance (1998) A feverish horror fantasy played out in a small Hungarian town. Herscht 07769 (2024) A small town in Germany is afflicted by social anarchy, murder and arson. The novel won the German Bestenliste Prize for the best literary work of the year in 1993 and the author also won Hungary’s highest literary award – the Kossuth Prize. The Nobel Prize, considered the most prestigious literary prize in the world, is worth 11 million Swedish krona (€967,470).

Source: The Irish Times October 09, 2025 20:16 UTC